According to a release from Amtrak, two pedestrians were struck on the tracks by Amtrak train #175 traveling southbound from Boston and NY around 11:18 p.m. An Amtrak spokesman said the two were hit about 11:20 p.m. The deaths of the two people struck were confirmed by D.C. Fire and EMS on Twitter. Amtrak suspended rail service between Washington and Philadelphia, while some lines of the Maryland Transit Administration were temporarily halted.

The Home Page of Google News now shows three sections that are placed at the centre - a top headlines list, a local list, and a personalized " For You " section which has stories as per your interest areas that you've preselected. The latter is again based on your interests and creates a "mini news feed" of articles that might be of interest to you. Clicking on the " Full coverage " option in a Story Card will bring up the full story.

Mohammad Javad Zarif wrote on his twitter account on Tuesday that the warning is based on a "fake pretext" and added that it "will only serve ISIS , precisely when it's being wiped out by Iraqi & Syrian people". It says it takes great pains to avoid harming or killing civilians and investigates all reports that it has done so. A USA military spokesman says there will be an investigation into reports of civilian casualties.

Nationwide is predicting United Kingdom house price growth will slow to about 2% in 2017, from 4.5% in 2016. Price growth in the South of England has moderated, converging with the rate prevailing in the rest of the country. It was always going to be a testing time for the United Kingdom property market in terms of how consumers would react to yet more political upheaval.

Cowen and Company raised the price objective on stocks of Micron Technology from $33.00 to $34.00 and issued the company an outperform recommendation in a study on Fri, Mar 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $32.00, for a total value of $320,000.00. About 9.66M shares traded. (NASDAQ:MU). Ontario - Canada-based Ci Invs has invested 1.79% in Micron Technology, Inc .